Example sentences of "a few [noun] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By storing up a few milliseconds worth of message and then pumping it out in a splurge , several digital phones can operate over a channel that would accommodate only a single analogue one : they merely send out their bursts at different times . |
| 2 | Magharba reinforcements from Bishr turned up and camped in a clump of trees a few kilometres west of town . |
| 3 | Back to that poky little shop , livin' off the takin 's of penny bags of bullseyes and a few pence worth of paraffin oil ! ’ |
| 4 | He had a few days growth of stubble but something about him was fundamentally clean cut . |
| 5 | Surplus component boards etc. are most useful if they contain expensive semiconductors , and are probably something that are best left to those who have a few years experience of electronics behind them . |
| 6 | So a male companion and I drove up to the starting point in Glen Lyon , a few miles east of Bridge of Balgie where a bridge crosses the River Lyon to a cattle farm . |